Can a person run 6 miles in 30 minutes?

Answer 1

You might want to look up the record. I think it is somewhere around 13 Minutes or probably less. This of course is on the track. I am a cross country runner and the times differ there with a record probably being 13:30 or 14. I am training to run a 15 minute 3 mile right now and 15 minutes is very good. Average runners normally run around 19 and 20.

Answer 2

No. By today's standards, this is impossible. Consider distances and speeds: A Half marathon is 13.1 miles. To complete this course in 30 minutes (i.e. one half hour) a person would need to run an average speed of 26.2 miles per hour. Olympic sprinters have had speeds in this ball park recorded (instantaneous velocity), however they only sustain that speed for seconds at most. Sustaining that speed for a hour straight would take a next generation of human that we have not yet seen.

Unless you're talking about some sort of assitance device like those spring boot sort of things I saw on the discovery channel, 'legitimate' old fashioned running a half marathon cannot be accomplished in 30 minutes.

(World record is 58 minutes and change I believe, set by a Kenyan)

Answer 3

im a 16 year old girl and have a few weeks to reach this goal. the last time i ran was when i was 14 and its very difficult for me to run. any advice?

Answer 4

9 mph or more

Answer 5

10 mph